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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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- Poverty Rate Hits 11-Year High; Number of Uninsured Grows for 8th Consecutive Year
- Dems Vow Health Bill Before Year’s End
- Insurance Stock Prices Rise After Obama Speech
- Group: Census Results Show Failure of Mandate Approach
- Pelosi Signals Opposition to Troop Increase in Afghanistan
- UN Commission Throws Out Afghan Ballots
- Iran Unveils New Proposal for Nuke Talks
- US Cuts More Honduras Aid
- Ex-CIA, NSA Director Appointed to Declassification Panel
- Obama Accepts Wilson Apology for Speech Outburst
- Harkin Replaces Kennedy on Senate Health Committee
- NEA Appointee Demoted Following Criticism from Right-Wing Host
- Bronx Cookie Factory Stella D’Oro Announces Closure
- Ex-CEO of Worker-Occupied Window Factory Arrested on Fraud Charges
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Eight Years After 9/11, Ground Zero Volunteer Dying of Lung Disease is One of Many Still Fighting for Justice
Today marks the eighth anniversary of 9/11, with vigils being held to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks. We look at a group of victims that are often forgotten in the September 11 narrative: the thousands of rescue workers who became sick after being exposed to contaminants at Ground Zero. Hundreds have died. We speak to Joe Picurro, a New Jersey ironworker who worked as a volunteer on the pile for twenty-eight days. He is now dying of lung disease. We also speak with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who is co-sponsoring the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and Dr. Jacqueline Moline, director of the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. [includes rush transcript]
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EXCLUSIVE: Triple Canopy Employee Killed in Iraq of Apparent Electrocution, Family Searches for Truth
The private military contractor Triple Canopy is at the center of a new controversy in Iraq. A twenty-five-year-old employee named Adam Hermanson died ten days ago after apparently being electrocuted while taking a shower in his living quarters at Triple Canopy’s base inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. Hermanson’s family is alleging Triple Canopy misled them about how he died, perhaps to cover up faulty electrical wiring at the firm’s facilities. In a Democracy Now! exclusive broadcast, we speak with Adam Hermanson’s mother Patricia, his seventeen-year-old brother Jesse, and with investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, who broke the story in The Nation magazine. [includes rush transcript]
